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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000

2000, as CIESIN’s 2021 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

This is the share of a country's people living in coastal areas no more than five metres above sea level — the population most exposed to sea-level rise, storm surges and coastal flooding. It comes from Columbia University's Low Elevation Coastal Zone estimates.

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 covers 215 countries. Guyana is highest, at 79.5061; 43 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 3.0571. Against 1990, 172 values changed (85 up, 87 down), the same countries are covered.

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Population Living Below 5 m Elevation · Data for 2000

HighestGuyana

79.5061

Lowest43 countries share it

0.0000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 215 countries · select a heading to sort

Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000: every country, as published by Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University.
GuyanaGUYSouth America79.5061
SurinameSURSouth America71.8342
Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia68.1029
GreenlandGRLNorthern America58.3101
GibraltarGIBSouthern Europe56.4581
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia52.8950
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe52.3888
TuvaluTUVPolynesia38.4293
BahrainBHRWestern Asia33.4543
KiribatiKIRMicronesia32.8582
BelizeBLZCentral America32.0969
VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia30.8168
SeychellesSYCEastern Africa29.2150
United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia29.1963
Saint MartinMAFCaribbean28.3467
Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean26.0251
MicronesiaFSMMicronesia25.5510
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia21.5009
Cayman IslandsCYMCaribbean19.2998
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa19.2377
TongaTONPolynesia18.2880
FijiFJIMelanesia17.9817
NauruNRUMicronesia17.6829
Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia17.5330
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa16.1328

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Guyana79.5061
  2. Suriname71.8342
  3. Marshall Islands68.1029
  4. Greenland58.3101
  5. Gibraltar56.4581

Lowest

  1. Zimbabweshared0.0000
  2. Zambiashared0.0000
  3. Uzbekistanshared0.0000
  4. Ugandashared0.0000
  5. Turkmenistanshared0.0000

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 3.0571. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 2000

Since 1990

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 172values changed, of 215 in both
  • 85 · 87rose · fell
  • 43unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2021 release

    Every year in this series comes from CIESIN’s 2021 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • 173 distinct values among 215

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 43 countries share 0.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 215 countries has every column.

05The files

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Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2000). Population Living Below 5 m Elevation, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/low-elevation-population/2000

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